How to Tone Your Chest for Men

If you plan on having an impressive chest then it is suggested you start working on it right away. Like any other muscle in your body, the chest also requires constant physical training which ultimately yields commendable results. Keep reading to learn about some of the core chest exercises.

Pushups

Pushups are very good for building up the chest muscles. However, if you are not doing them right then you will probably end up wasting your time and not getting the results you wanted. To start, you need to get in the pushup position with your body weight evenly distributed between your toes and hands with your legs, hips and back all in a straight line. You now need to bend your elbows with the arm angle at 90 degrees to go low and then rise up. Initially this is going to be very tough for you, but will time you will be able to do more pushups. Apart from simple pushups you can also try decline pushups which are more challenging. Here you need to place your feet on a high surface, preferably on a bench, which puts more strain on the chest.

Chest dips

Chest dips are an extreme exercise for the chest region and you need to be hitting the gym in order to do this. You need to begin by holding yourself up on a dip bar with a strong grip. Now keeping your head down, you need to have your legs straight, before you slowly start lowering yourself by bending the elbows. Then you need to return to your original position by lifting yourself back up. However, you need to make sure that the movement strains your chest muscles more than your arms.

Bench press

Bench presses are yet another very effective exercise for the chest. You need to lie down on a flat bench, but do not arch your back. Now keeping your hands shoulder-width apart you need to grip the barbell. With your palms facing your feet you need to press the barbell up and down. Doing it on a decline places the strain on the lower chest, while doing it on an incline places the strain on the upper chest.

Dumbbell press

You require a bench for this exercise as well to lie down on and then take the dumbbells in the hands. Now bend the arms such that the hands are by the shoulders with the palms facing the feet. Now use your chest muscles to move the weights up and down in a rhythmic motion. You can also perform this exercise with incline and decline benches.

Flat flyes

Lie on a flat bench and then take a dumbbell in each hand. Bend the elbows so that the hands are by the shoulders. Now extend your arms up and lower the weights by your sides, with a bend in the elbows. This exercise focuses on both your inner and upper chest.